India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023: Union Forest and Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav released the India Forest Status Report 2023 (ISFR 2023) on the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun on Saturday (December 21, 2024). The particular factor is that the report has proven a greater scenario relating to the forest space in all the nation. Expressing happiness on this, the Union Environment Minister stated that the entire forest and tree cowl of the nation has increased by 1445 sq. kilometers, and UP is at second place with 559 sq. kilometers.
The India State of Forest Report (ISFR), released each two years by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), makes public all of the details about the forest and tree sources of the nation. According to the report, forest space in the nation has increased by 156.41 sq. kilometers, whereas tree space has increased by 1289.40 sq. kilometers.
Increase in forest and tree areas
In this report, the present scenario throughout the nation on issues like vegetation cowl, standing of carbon inventory and forest hearth has additionally been defined. If we take a look at the present scenario, there’s a complete of 827,357 sq. kilometers of forest and tree space in the nation, which is 25.7% of the nation’s geographical space. The good thing is that among the many states rising forest space, the highest 4 states are Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan. At the identical time, the scenario in Uttarakhand just isn’t good.
standing of uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, which is thought for its pure magnificence and vegetation, has emerged as essentially the most affected state in phrases of forest hearth incidents in this report. The incidents of forest fires have increased manifold in comparison with final 12 months. Uttarakhand was at thirteenth place in 2022-23, whereas in 2023-24 it got here to first place.
Due to rising incidents of fireside, the biodiversity of the state is below risk. The report emphasizes the necessity for enchancment in forest hearth administration and monitoring.
